I was the first child and son born to Andrew Gust and Ida Christina Petterson Carlson on January 31, 1888, in Stromsburg, Polk, Nebraska.
I married Audrey Green Marshall on the 22nd of December 1913 in Price, Carbon, Utah. Our first child was born on 27 October 1914. Her name was Dorline and she was born in Sunnyside, Carbon, Utah. She died when she was 12 years old. Ida Louise was born July 29, 1916 and 3 years to the day later Audrey Lillian was born July 29, 1919. They were both born in Sunnyside. Then we moved to Spring Canyon where our first son, August Junior (Jay) was born August 18, 1924. The second son, James Edward, was born on March 16, 1927, he only lived for five months, he died on August 23, 1927 just a month later than his sister Dorline died.
Arline Mae was born March 28, 1929 in Helper and then we moved to Castle Gate where Calvin Ray was born on 29 October 1931. We moved back to Helper and this is where our last child and son, Billie Leroy Carlson was born.
During these years that our children were born we lived in Carbon County and I worked in the Coal Mines. The work wasn't reliable so I was always seeking other work. I tried my hand a running a service station but I found it hard to collect from my customers that I had extended credit.
In about 1938 I went to Portola, California to find work on the railroad and later sent for my family to join me in Portola. Here I lived the rest of my life and worked on the railroad until I retired.
(A family member added) A heart attack took the life of August Jalmer on the 4th of May 1956 in Portola, California and he was buried on 8 May 1956 in Price, Utah.